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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 03 March 2007 |
It's a Jungle Out There...
Living in the information age we must learn to recognize not only threats to our information systems but our very identities.
Viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, key loggers, adware; collectively known as malware, these cyber beasties do present a very real threat.
The proliferation of these threats are growing daily but a little knowledge can go a long way to keeping you safe on your journey exploring the world wide web.
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It's up to us to take steps to protect ourselves from the ne'er-do-wells that make their living finding new underhanded methods to smuggle this garbage onto your computer while you are not looking.
The table below details some of these threats and their symptoms.
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Spyware
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Description
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Dangers
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Symptoms
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Spyware is a broad category of malicious software intended to intercept or take partial control of a computer's operation without the user's informed consent. While the term taken literally suggests software that surreptitiously monitors the user as a spy would, it has come to refer more broadly to software that subverts the computer's operation for the benefit of a third party. Spyware can change system settings, install keystroke loggers, collect and report consumer's personal information, use computer processing capacity without permission, and deliver spam or ads without consumer's notice and consent.
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- Identity Theft
- Unknown Telephone Charges
- System Damage
- System Become a SpamBot
- System Instability
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- System is Slow
- System Behaving Erractically
- Browser Hijacked
- Constant Ads
- System Errors and Crashes
- 900 Numbers Autodialed
- Unrecognized Web Browser Menu Items
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Adware
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Description
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A software application that can display advertising banners while the program is running or via some other triggering mechanism is called adware. Ad delivery systems are most often integrated into free applications as a way for developers to recover costs or generate revenue. A critical eye has been placed on adware system since in many cases, in addition to downloading ads, they may also upload user information collected without explicit permission. Additionally they are simply annoying.
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- System damage
- Erratic Performance
- Corrupted Files
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- Ads display even when not on the internet
- Excessive pop-up ads
- Pop-ups, pop-unders that won't close
- Closing a pop-up results in more appearing
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Viruses
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Description
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Computer viruses are small software programs that are designed to spread from one computer to another and to interfere with computer operation. A virus might corrupt or delete data on your computer, use your e-mail program to spread itself to other computers, or even erase everything on your hard disk. Viruses can be disguised as attachments of funny images, greeting cards, or audio and video files. Viruses also spread through downloads on the Internet. They can be hidden in illicit software or other files or programs you might download.
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- System Damage
- Erratic Performance
- Security Threat
- System Corruption
- Identity Theft
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- System Crashes
- System Fails to Boot
- Friends Receive Email You Did Not Send
- Lost Data or Corrupted Files
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Recognizing the problem...
Many computer users don't recognize they are facing a threat. The symptoms detailed above can happen gradually, and because of this a computer system's strange behavior becomes common place and is readily accepted as normal. Some users even convince themselves that the system they purchased is a lemon. Many times this is simply not true.
If you find yourself fighting with your computer system and remembering the times it simply worked, you are probably facing the result of an infestation. The sooner the problem is addressed, the sooner you can enjoy your system again.
By placing the proper system safeguards and adopting some new behaviors when downloading from the internet or opening email attachments from strangers you and your system can be on the fast track to recovery. Don't put up with your system's bad behaviorcontact Humanode today!
Humanode Has The Remedy...
Would you like to:
- Enjoy a stabile system?
- Regain your system's Speed?
- Trust your system again?
- Be productive using your system?
- Enjoy peace of mind knowing your system is secure?
If so, contact Humanode today. We will evaluate your threat level, clean the pesky malware from your system and install software that will help protect your system from future malware intrusion.
Note: If your system is seriously infected be advised that backing up your data prior to cleanup is highly recommended.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 06 April 2007 )
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